Tests – · none yet Owners 53 · 91 reviews
Head-to-head
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Goodyear Eagle NCT5 vs Michelin Pilot Sport 3 — Compared
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 0 road tests and 91 + 10 owner reviews. How we score
Pilot Sport 3 is ahead, 67–58
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Tests – · none yet Owners 65 · 10 reviews
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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56
Dry
Pilot Sport 3 +1369Why this score
Source Eagle NCT5 Pilot Sport 3 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 60 (est.) ≈ 68 (est.) Reviews found online 49 69 Eagle NCT5: 60% × 60.1 (est.) + 40% × 49.1 = 56
Pilot Sport 3: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 69 = 69
No road tests of dry for Eagle NCT5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
No road tests of dry for Pilot Sport 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
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57
Wet
Pilot Sport 3 +1370Why this score
Source Eagle NCT5 Pilot Sport 3 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 60 (est.) ≈ 70 (est.) Reviews found online 51 70 Eagle NCT5: 60% × 60.1 (est.) + 40% × 51.4 = 57
Pilot Sport 3: 60% × 70.5 (est.) + 40% × 70.2 = 70
No road tests of wet for Eagle NCT5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
No road tests of wet for Pilot Sport 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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57
Comfort
Pilot Sport 3 +663Why this score
Source Eagle NCT5 Pilot Sport 3 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 66 (est.) ≈ 67 (est.) Reviews found online 51 60 Eagle NCT5: 40% × 65.8 (est.) + 60% × 51 = 57
Pilot Sport 3: 40% × 67.4 (est.) + 60% × 59.8 = 63
No road tests of comfort for Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
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63
Treadwear
Eagle NCT5 +360Why this score
Source Eagle NCT5 Pilot Sport 3 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 65 (est.) ≈ 63 (est.) Reviews found online 62 57 Eagle NCT5: 60% × 64.5 (est.) + 40% × 61.6 = 63
Pilot Sport 3: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 56.7 = 60
No road tests of treadwear for Eagle NCT5. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
No road tests of treadwear for Pilot Sport 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
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47
Handling (owners)
No comparison–Why this score
Source Eagle NCT5 Pilot Sport 3 Reviews found online 47 –
Scores at a glance
| Category | Goodyear Eagle NCT5 | Michelin Pilot Sport 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 58 | 67 |
| Dry | 56 | 69 |
| Wet | 57 | 70 |
| Comfort | 57 | 63 |
| Treadwear | 63 | 60 |
| Handling (owners) | 47 | – |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Recomputed
Headline score
58
/ 100
Eagle NCT5
67
/ 100
Pilot Sport 3
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A Eagle NCT5
Pros
- Exceptional tread life and high mileage durability
- Strong resistance to punctures and road hazards
- Reliable performance in dry conditions for touring purposes
Cons
- Unpredictable and often poor wet-weather traction
- High levels of road noise
- Harsh ride comfort, particularly in Run-Flat variants
Tire B Pilot Sport 3
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Goodyear Eagle NCT5 | B · Michelin Pilot Sport 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer tire |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 4 | 10 |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 21″ | 15″ – 19″ |
| Sizes in common | 0 | 0 |
Which one should you actually buy?
58
/ 100
Goodyear Eagle NCT5
67
/ 100
Michelin Pilot Sport 3
Winner: Michelin Pilot Sport 3 — better dry, wet and comfort. Pick the Goodyear Eagle NCT5 if treadwear matters most to you. Michelin Pilot Sport 3 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Pick tire B
You want the most grip on dry roads
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 scores 69 vs 56 on dry.
Pick tire B
Your priority is wet-weather safety
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 scores 70 vs 57 on wet.
Pick tire B
You want the most comfortable ride
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 scores 63 vs 57 on comfort.
Pick tire A
You want the longest tread life
Goodyear Eagle NCT5 scores 63 vs 60 on treadwear.
Tire A · Goodyear Eagle NCT5
Tire B · Michelin Pilot Sport 3
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Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3?
Which is better in the wet, Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3?
Michelin Pilot Sport 3, 70 vs 57 on our wet score.
Which grips better on dry roads, Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3?
Michelin Pilot Sport 3, 69 vs 56 on our dry score.
Which is more comfortable, Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3?
Michelin Pilot Sport 3, 63 vs 57 on our comfort score.
Which lasts longer, Eagle NCT5 or Pilot Sport 3?
Goodyear Eagle NCT5, 63 vs 60 on our treadwear score.
How do we compare tires?
Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.
Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology